We are pleased to inform you of the update of the "Jobs and Wealth in the European Union Bioeconomy" dashboard, exposed both in the Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre and Data portal of agro-economic modelling - DataM.
DataM allows also to access the updated underlying JRC - Bioeconomics dataset both for query and bulk download.
Data and dashboards are catalogued in the open data portals with the following PID: https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/7d7d5481-2d02-4b36-8e79-697b04fa4278
Timeseries on turnover, value added, and employment in the bioeconomy used to run from 2008 to 2015 and have been extended up to 2017.
This comes together with the publication of a new journal article with the updated methodology, online at https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114507
Title: Developments of Economic Growth and Employment in Bioeconomy Sectors across the EU
Authors: Ronzon, T; Piotrowski, S; Tamošiūnas, S; Dammer, L; Carus, M; M'barek, R
Journal: Sustainability
Abstract: The development of the bioeconomy—or the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy by bio-based solutions—is considered a strategic economic orientation by the European Commission and its Green Deal. This paper presents a methodology to monitor the contribution of the bioeconomy to jobs and growth within the European Union (EU) and its Member States. Classified as an ‘‘output-based’’ approach, the methodology relies on expert estimations of the biomass content of the bio-based materials produced in the EU and the subsequent calculation of ‘‘sectoral’’ bio-based shares by using Eurostat statistics on the production of manufactured goods (prom). Sectoral shares are applied to indicators of employment, and value added is reported in Eurostat–Structural business statistics. This paper updates the methodology and time series presented in 2018. The bioeconomy of the EU (post-Brexit composition) employed around 17.5 million people and generated €614 billion of value added in 2017. The study evidences structural differences between EU national bioeconomies, which become more pronounced over time, especially in terms of the level of apparent labour productivity of national bioeconomies. Finally, this paper describes cases of transition over the 2008–2017 period.
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Previous release: https://datam.jrc.ec.europa.eu/datam/social/news/102
